Minutes
Regular
Meeting November, 2011 
Regular Meeting August 2, 2011
Annual Reports for 2010 - 2011
Current Activities
Playing tennis on Union Street, notice the second Baptist Church in the background
CHESTER MUNICIPAL HERITAGE SOCIETY
Next meeting,
November 1st
The regular meeting of the
Society, held at Maple
Cottage, was called to order
by Chair Carol Nauss, at 7:10 p.m.
Present:
Carol Nauss, Hilary McCarron ,
Danny Hennigar, Joyce
Hiltz, Marina
Pre-meeting.
Danny presented a small musket ball found
by Peter Morrison of
1. Minutes.
Moved by Hilary McCarron, seconded by Fran
Underwood, that the minutes of the
August 2nd, 2011
meeting be accepted as circulated, with the addition of Danny Hennigar’s
name to
Regrets . Carried.
2. Agenda.
The
following items were added to the agenda:
3. Financial
Report. Sandy
Dumaresq, Treasurer, has withdrawn her services:
Carol has been handling the finances and keeping a running total of
monies received and expenditures. Summer
students received their final payments;
several individual have made donations; Barry
Redmond has been paid; money on loans has been paid back; Chester Building
Supplies has been paid; the GIC was cashed and Scotiabank loan repaid;
final taxes for 2011 paid to the Municipality.
Total deposits October 1st :
$231,534.11. Total expenditures $236,965.30.
Balance, October 1st. $31,290.78.
We are still in need of a treasurer. In the meantime, Cindy Lamson
has agreed to do data entry; Carol has purchased a financial computer
program – Quick Book -- ;
Mary McInnis and/or Art Mattson have agree to help set up the
books. Need someone to write
the cheques and issue receipts. The
bank also has to be notified of the change regarding treasurer. Glenda
will do this.
4.
Business
Arising from the Minutes.
a.
House and Harbour
Tour. Records show
that 126 people purchased tickets for a net return of $3000.
Comments from the written evaluations were shared regarding this
August 20th event: generally enjoyed,
want boat tour to continue, no problem with the $30 cost but some
visitors were asking about the food coupon (previously distributed),
map could be improved, need to do better advertising,
suggest more radio and TV advertising in local area, i.e. Lunenburg
County.
In follow-up
discussion, it was recommended
that we start now to develop a list of potential owners/
houses for next year starting with the names of those who have
already expressed an interest in participating, (e.g., Nancy Murray, Wendy
Shepherd; also house near Municipal Office, recently moved and
re-designed).
A planning book for the House and Harbour Tour needs to be
developed. Glenda,
Carol and Joyce will work on this.
b.
Opening of Lordly
House. A
successful opening of the newly renovated Lordly House was held on August
7th . Mr Charles Lordly (Frank Metzger) and Mrs Lordly (Fran
Underwood) greeted guests. Liam Britten provided background music during
this time. A
number of the guests wore 1860s period clothing and many wore special
hats. The latter was fitting
as the theme for the opening was the “Mad Hatters Tea Party “. Following
the opening by the Town Crier, Garry Zwicker, comments were made by Frank
Metzger regarding fund-raising for the structure. Glenda Redden gave a
short summary of the process involved in the rebuilding
of the House. Denise
Peterson-Rafuse, MLA, made a few comments, as did Senator
Fred Dickson who cut the
ribbon. Refreshments
were organized and prepared under the able leadership of Dudley Groves.
Musical entertainment was provided by Jean Nash, Cynthia Myers and
Barry Redmond. Lon Mandrake, mentalist/magician provided his magic. The
three summer students – Tyler Peterson, Kate Dufresne, Caleb Eisner –
provided interpretative tours. Special
pins, with an image of Lordly House were presented to Frank Metzger, Carol
Nauss and Barry Redmond. (Their pewter pins were later replaced with gold
plated pins.] The pewter pins are available for sale.
c.
Summer Camps. Star Camp. was not very successful
in terms of numbers. Only six students attended; another two registered
but decided not to attend. The
camp is not self-sustaining. Drama Camp was very successful but we still
need to find more participants to make it viable.
d. Drama
Society Costumes. The
costumes previously stored at the Fos’c’le
Tavern, have been moved, and
are now organized and stored in the top level of the Chester Train
Station.
e.
Victorian Craft Show. Hilary
reported on the plans for the Victorian Christmas craft/Art Show, which
will be held at Lordly House , November 24th-27th, 10-5 each
day. Danny has offered to help
with arrangements. Hilary is
looking for more venders, and posters will soon be available advertising
the event and encouraging venders
to participate. There will
also be other advertising, including on Facebook.
Additional lighting, i.e., floor lamps, needed.
Santa will be making an appearance.
Erin Gore will be contacted for costumes
Dudley Grove suggested that small cloth gingerbread men be made to
sell. These would be reflective of the theme of the Gingerbread buildings
made this time of year as a fundraiser for …..
f.
Grants. The
Society has applied for new grants: Donnor,
Prime Minister’s Volunteers Grant, and a SID Provincial grant for
the American Connection project.
5.
Correspondence.
a. False
Alarms. The
Society has been notified that there have been several false alarms, at
Lordly House and at the Station. There
is no apparent reason for this to happen and it is causing inconvenience
for many.
b.
Senator Fred Dickson
has nominated the Heritage Society for the
Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards.
Supporting
letters for this application were written by
MP
c. Peter
McCurdy has suggested that signs be placed around the village
identifying those houses which are .e.g., 100 years old or more, or
information panels noting various sites.
d.
e.
Christy Chapman-Saunders has offered the Society her roads signs.
We need to decide the best use for these.
f. Post
Cards. Mrs Frances
Gilchrist has sent us two post cards of the a view from the Hackmatack
Inn and the view from Haddon
Hill overlooking Mill Cove . Glenda
will write a note of thanks.
g. 1860s
Christmas. Cynthia
Myers wrote a letter expressing her interest in presenting
a small group of performers in period costume who would provide
carols and readings from the 1860s at the Lordly House. There would be
several presentation, each approximately 20 minutes in length and offer
three or four times as people toured the House.
She felt that this would be a good fund-raiser.
h.
2012 Diamond Jubilee Celebration.
The Society received information regarding the submission of
proposals to help celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
We have decided not to apply.
6.
New Business:
a.
Budget – A
draft budget for 2012 has been developed and Board members should have a
copy of this. Advertising will need to be added.
b.
Arbic Report --
Carol and several others have reviewed this report to
determine where we are, where we need to go, and how we will get there.
Board members have received copies of their findings and suggestions
regarding this strategic planning and
developed a new document guiding us
into 2013.
c.
Priorities
for this year. Among
priorities, the Heritage
Auction / Flee Market and the
House and Harbour Tour guidelines need to be revised, and the Lectures for
the winter and spring identified.
Other priorities will be discussed at the next meeting
d.
Harvest Fest. Those
who usually plan this activity have been advised that the train station
will not be available, and that they might consider using the park and
Babe’s Cottage. The graveyard is also nearby.
e.
“Thank you”. Carol
will prepare a CMHS Newsletter which will included a big “thank
you” to our members and donors, and an invitation
to visit the Lordly House and see the
Christmas display. LOGO
CONTEST.
It was suggested that we find at least
five ways of keeping in touch with our members donors, but not ask
for money. Although
funding is still required to operate the Society and its activities, it
was decided to delay such a request until the New Year and link it with
the membership drive.
f.
g.
Lordly Lectures. These
will be held at St.
Stephen’s Church Hall [to be confirmed]
at 7 pm on the second Monday of the month.
The following are suggested at this time:
January
9 --
Oak Island - Danny
Hennigar
February 13 Local
Videos
March
12 -Jim Barkhouse Restoration
April 6– AGM guest
Deborah Trask
May 14
-- New Ross Freighters
June 11 –
Other
possibilities include slides on the restoration of the Lordly House and
Maple Cottage, and the videos [Dawn Harwood-Jones] on interviews with
seniors.
h.
AGM – Friday, April 6.
Start with pot luck meal, followed by speaker and meeting.
Suggest that we ask Deborah Trask if she would be our speaker and
share information from her research on Nova Scotia Glass.
[This has been done and Deborah has agreed to come.]
i.
j.
Storm
Windows.
27 wooden storm window need to be cleaned and installed on the
Lordly House. Saturday,
October 14th, 1:30 pm. Storm
windows should be easier to install on the first
storey but
equipment will be needed to reach the second storey.
Board members are asked to help.
k.
Key
of “D”.
Danny plans to hold the
Key of “D” again this year on Saturday, May 12.
The process will probably be similar to this event of 2011.
Danny has an opportunity to purchase a Ovation
guitar, including case, humidifier, , picks, at
a very special price. He was
given permission to make this purchase.
l.
New
Fund-raiser.
Danny has offered to conduct tours
of the Gold River Gold Mines (south side of Gold River) every Sunday in
November, 1:30 – 3:30,
weather permitting This two
hour walking tour will include refreshments at a heritage log cabin.
Cost : Adult - $10,
Child (10 and under)-
$5, Family - $25 (two adults,
two to four children under age
15).
At
the next meeting, we will review the up-date of the Arbic Report and the
Strategic Plan. Please read
these documents and be prepared to discuss.
If you do not have a copy, please contact Carol.
Glenda Redden, Secretary.
Next meeting,
“Pot Luck” Christmas Gathering,
December 9th
(See 6.a)
The regular meeting of the
Society, held at Maple
Cottage, was called to order
by Chair Carol Nauss, at 7:10
p.m. Present:
Carol Nauss, Hilary McCarron ,
Danny Hennigar, Joyce
Hiltz, Marina
1. Minutes.
Moved by Danny, seconded
by Hilary, that
the minutes of the October 4th, 2011 meeting, be
accepted as circulated, with two additions:
6.i. “by the
author”; 6.l. “south west side” .
Carried.
2. Agenda.
The
following items were added to the agenda: branding;
steps/light; berm;
committees; membership,
etc; bank signatures.
3. Financial
Report. Carol
has set up the financial computer program
Quick Book. Cindy Lamson is assisting with this work.
Bank balance as of October 25th: $19,988.65.
Expenses for October: $5,296.30.
(See detailed financial statement.)
Money relating to pledges has been received, with one donation to
be available at end of year. Moved
by Carol, seconded by Fran, that the financial report be approved.
Carried.
We are still in need of a treasurer.
4.
Business
Arising from the Minutes.
a. Donner
Canadian Foundation. A grant of
$4,961 has been received and will be for general use.
b.
Budget , 2012.
A draft of
the proposed budget for 2012 was discussed.
Several changes were suggested:
under [Expenses] “Marketing”, add “advertising” to
“Posters, …”, and
increase the dollar figure by $1,000;
under “[Revenue] “Earned” , add
External Marketing, e.g., maps, and increase the dollar figure by
$1000. Moved by Jim,
seconded by
It was suggested that we explore programs such as PayPal , Amazon,
and Google for financial transactions.
Carol will look into these
possibilities. The cost
of postage needs to be determined for items such as the maps sent by tube
and flat and also
cost for the boxed aircraft.
c.
Strategic Plan.
The Strategic Plan (2011-2013) was reviewed in general and
priorities for 2012 identified: marketing,
displays, committees, memberships. Working
committees will be established
for each of these: (1) Marketing,
chaired by Carol, and including Jim and Marina; (2) Displays,
chaired by Fran , and including Danny
and Glenda; (3) Committees/Membership,
chaired by Glenda and including
Wayne, Garry, Mickey. The
Strategic Plan will provide guidance for the various committees
A few examples. Section
2.4, “ Build relationships … “,
is already in progress
with a meeting of the South Shore Curators
meeting at Lordly House on November 7th ;
contact made with the Blandford Historical Society;
contact to be made with both the New Ross Historical Society (Ted
Gates) and the Western Shore Business and
Development Association through
Roy Conrad.
Section 4, “Strengthen Governance” : e.g., add
representatives from other
communities; recruit new people to the various committees.
Section 1, “Improve
Financial Stability”: e,g,
1.1, membership drive, membership
fees and benefits sheet;
1.4, developed planned
giving and endowment.
Approved in principle.
d. October
Fest was cancelled for this year.
e.
Asking Letter.
A revised membership form will be sent to current members in early
January.
f.
Key of “D”. Plans
for this event underway. A
lottery license has been received and the guitar purchased.
g.
New Steps/Handrail.
These will be built on the west side of Maple Cottage and a
light installed, to make it easier and safer to reach the lower level in
back of the building. [
Now in place.]
h.
Bank Signatures.
Glenda and Carol will meet to revise the
bank forms. [Done].
It
was moved by Danny Hennigar, seconded by Wayne Cameron that the Signing
officers for the society shall be : Carol Nauss, Chair;
James Barkhouse, Acting Vice-chair;
Glenda Redden, Secretary…Seconded by Bobby Harrington.
Carried
i.
Branding. Fran
wants to do more research on this. She
is looking for catchy phrases. Board
members
are asked to bring three suggestions of catchy phrases to the
Christmas gathering.
j.
Berm.
The berm, which helps create the ice skating rink, needs fixing:
levelling of land, a new liner installed.
We have $1000 but need at least $1800 for the liner. Moved by
5.
Correspondence.
a. E-mails
between Charles Barkhouse, Friends
of Oak Island Society, and Danny Hennigar, CMHS
and Explore Oak Island
Display curator regarding the possibility of Friends offering tour on
b. Thank
you letter from Carol to Helen McLean of the Donner Canadian Foundation,
regarding the grant sent to the Society.
c Notes
received from the Fundraising Committee, meeting held August 15, 2011.
d. Copy
of a rental contract regarding from a facility elsewhere which is used for
weddings.
f.
Letter from Fire Services Coordinator, Chester Fire department,
regarding a False Fire Alarm
at the Train Station on September
1st.
6.
New Business:
a
Christmas
Gathering. This
year’s gathering will be held on Friday, December 9th,
beginning 5:30 pm at Bobbie Harrington’s home,
3131 Highway 3 ( on right, second driveway after Graves Island
driveway). Bobbie will cook a
ham and asks that others bring food, such as baked beans, pickles, rolls,
deserts etc. Also,
bring your catchy phrases suggestions.
b.
Programs Sumac and Quick Book. A
new data base program – Sumac – is now in place and Carol and Cindy
Lamson have been imputing a wide variety of information. Another
program – Quick Book – is a computer financial program now
in operation.
c.
Christmas at the Lordly House.
As the Lordly House will be decorated for the Victorian Craft Show,
it was decided to hold an Open
House on Saturday, December 10th, 2 – 4 pm. There will be
music, carol singing, light
refreshments. Cynthia Myers
has offered to sing, and Jean Nash will
be asked to play the accordion and/or organ.
d.
Gingerbread Festival.
This event will be held at the Chester Curling Club.
Carol has purchased four cut-outs of gingerbread
people. The faces need
to be painted and costumes made for each.
They will be used to advertise the craft show.
Cookie day will be December 18; the local merchants will be
involved in this activity.
e.
Upcoming. Victorian
Craft Show, November 24th-27th-, 10am – 5 pm each
day, at the Lordly House.
f.
Slides.
Jim and Cindy Lamson have found some interesting slides among
Edward Rutherford’s collection of photographs.
A number of these show local fires.
Some of these may be shown as part of one of the Lecture series.
There are also 1936 photos by Phil Moore who was instrumental
in the development of Kedge
Lodge, White Point Beach Lodge and Owl’s Head in East Chester.
Adjournment Moved
by Hilary at 9:05.
Glenda Redden,
Secretary
MINUTES
of Meeting: August 2, 2011 – Maple Cottage 7:00 PM (upstairs)
In
attendance:
Carol
Nauss, Hillary MacCarron, Jim Barkhouse, Garry Zwicker, Mickey Lantz, Fran
Underwood
Regrets:
Sandy Dumaresq, Glenda Redden
1.
Minutes from June meeting
Jim
moved the minutes be approved as distributed.
Fran
seconded.
ALL
IN FAVOUR
2. Additions to agenda ..There
were none
3. Financial report
Carol
circulated & reviewed the
report for June & July
4. Business arising from
Minutes:
a.
House and Harbour Tour – jobs to be assigned
Boats….need
to find boats –insurance, lifejackets, etc. (Jim & Gary) Start
from Rope Loft or John Dimmock’s?
HOUSES:
Cynthia Walker - Back Harbour
Laura
Jean Yorke
Central
St. – Williams House Dudley
to house sit
Nancy
Guest
Hackmatack
- Nicholas Llewen –not upstairs ..needs two sitters
Fran
Underwood & Dave Goudge’s house, 55 Duke St. (IF needed)
Library
Maple
Cottage for pit stop – cold
water & punch
$30
kids under 12 =$20
Mickey
Lantz & Hiltz
to call to find house sitters needed – 3 students from Maple
Cottage
b.
Opening of Lordly , “- Fran”
- all set, rehersal Wed. Aug. 3
4 p.m.- 5, set up starts 11a.m. Sat. Aug. 6; Dudley Grove will
start food set up 2 p.m. on Sun. Aug. 7
-Program
for Aug.7(see next page, attached)
-
Sharon Boyd will do small display in hall at Lordly house re artistsans
c.
Next meeting date – Agreed that we would not have a meeting in
Sept.
d.
Star Camp - Starts Aug.
8
e.
Drama Society move of costumes to the 2nd floor of the
Train Station is done
f.
Art Show –Vivian & Wally Zinck
next show
g.
Auction report - Revenue
approx.. $3,300
h.
Surveillance system – has been installed at the Train Station.
5.
Correspondence: Doer’s and Dreamer’s Guide
– update needed for next year’s D&D
Signage under Bluenose Coast – signs for museum, w/c, special
places
6.
New Business:
Next meeting date Oct. 4/11
7.
Upcoming:
August
7 – Opening of Lordly House
August
8 – Star Camp and star party
August
20 House and Harbour Tour
Adjournment
8:05 p.m.
HATS OFF!!! PROGRAM
Aug. 7, 2011
LORDLY HOUSE GRAND RE-OPE
“HATS OFF CELEBRATION”
August
7, 2011 presented by
CHESTER MUNICIPAL HERITAGE SOCIETY with much help
from:
CONTRIBUTORS
:
Chester
Drama Society - Erin Gore & Ester Amiro - costumes
Chester
Legion for furniture
Chester
Municipal Rec Dept. – sound
Fo’c’sle
Pub & Bob Youden
for umbrellas
Dave
Goudge for the invitation graphics
Dudley
& Jim Grove & their team of bakers & sandwich
makers
for the food & drink
Mat
Lady & The Sign Guy – plaques
St.
Stephen’s Hall for kitchen equipment, dishes
South
Shore Sand & Gravel
Tea
& beverage pourers: Laura
Jean York, Sylvia McNeill,
Joyce
Hiltz, Mickey Lantz
SPEAKERS
& PRESENTERS:
- Senator Fred
Dixon
-Hon. Denise
Peterson-Rafuse
-Frank Metzger,
Glenda Redden
-Garry
Zwicker, Village CrierHELPERS & CREW
-
Jim Barkhouse - Sue Evans
-
Steve MacCarron - Kirk Swinimer
PERFORMERS:
Mentalist
& Magician - Lon Mandrake
Musicians
– Liam Britten, Jean Nash, Cynthia Myers
Interpreters:
Frank Metzger , Hillary MacCarron, Caleb Eisner,
Tyler
Peterson, Kate Dufresne, Fran Underwood, & Drama girls
ORGANIZERS: Dudley Grove, Fran Underwood, Carol Nauss
Our
apologies, if we
missed anyone.
Thank
you all for making this a special event !
Chester Municipal Heritage Society
June 7, 2011 – Maple Cottage,
Next meeting. July 5th
The regular meeting of the
Society, held at Maple
Cottage, was called to order
by Chair Carol Nauss, at 7:10
p.m. Present:
Carol Nauss, Hilary McCarron ,
Danny Hennigar, Joyce
Hiltz, Marina Davidson,
Garry Zwicker, Wayne
Cameron, Sandy Dumaresq, Glenda Redden, Jim Barkhouse, Bobbi Harrington,
Alberta Heisler, Mickey Lantz.
Special guests:
Randy Stevens, Chester Yacht Club; Jill
Keddy, Chester Merchants Association.
Regrets: Gail Smith
(story-telling at
1.
House and Harbour Tour/
Classic Boats and Cars.
See separate page at end of regular minutes.
2.
Minutes.
Moved by Garry Zwicker, seconded by Danny Hennigar, that
the minutes of the
May 3, 2011 meeting be accepted, with one clarification, as circulated.
Carried. Clarification:
3.c. Oak Island Display – The artistic works from Oak Island Days
will be purchased from the local artists.
3.
Agenda.
The following items
were added to the agenda: CHIN,
Garry, survey plan, summer
students.
4. Treasurer’s
Report. Among
items presented: Total Capital
Assets -- $1,681.192.57; Total Liabilities -- $295,075.83;
Total Revenue, January to June 30 --
$170.770.21; Expenditures
-- $29,135.30. There
still are some outstanding
bills as well as further
expenditures for. e.g., painting and landscaping.
Additional fund were will sought from several possible sources.
5.
Business
Arising from the Minutes.
a.
Building update
presented by Carol. Lordly
House: landscaping, painting, pictures on walls, doors, special lights,
curtain rods. Hawbolt
building: repairs.
Station area: trimming of trees.
b.
Fund raising update by Carol.
Bobby has received a cheque from a local supporter.
Carol made a presentation to Council
and requested $66,000.
They have agreed to give this request special consideration, even
though the budget is more or less finalized.
[A week or so later, Carol received word that the Council had
approved a grant of $40,000, for the Heritage Society.
We still need to fund raise.
It was suggested that we send a letter regarding membership/
donations to our mailing lit following the opening of the Lordly House in early
August.
c.
d.
Maple Cottage and Lordly House. Wayne
and Jim are setting up the displays. Gail is working on the doll house.
Carol wants Council to set a date for the opening of Maple Cottage.
e.
Theme for Opening of Lordly House:
“Mad Hatter’s Tea Party”, to be held Sunday, August 7. Dudley
Groves is organizing this event.
f.
Three Summer Students. Caleb
Eisnor (Prov/C@P; Tyler
Peterson (C@P); Kate Dufresne (Fed)
6.
Correspondence. From:
* ACOA
-- Money still being received.
CMHS has received $129,192.78
to date.
* CHIN
– Canadian Heritage Information Network – CMHS has been accepted as a
member of CHIN. This
membership: (a) gives us the
opportunity to access their sources of information; (b) opens
possibilities for larger grants; (c)
can advertise our events nation-wide.
* Alarm
company – still a defective sensor ??
* Minister
Bill Estabrook’s office (Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal) re:
request for surplus filing cabinets.
* Chester
Drama Society to store costumes at the train station.
Approval has been given.
* Federal
Government re: interview
relating to the 250th and Legacy grants received from Canadian
Heritage.
7.
New Business:
a.
Opening of Maple Cottage –
Municipal Council has not yet set the date.
b.
Opening of Oak
c.
Auction Plans.
Auction will be held Saturday, July 9th, beginning 9:30
am. Caleb Eisnor will help as needed.
Carol has checked with John Carroll regarding auctioneering; John
has a health issue and may not be able to help.
Derek Wells and Larry Ryan will be asked to help.
Items can be dropped off at Maple Cottage or the Train Station, or
arrangements made for pick-up; posters
will be put up giving this information.
People will be identified for each of the tasks needed.
Information will be similar to last year. Need
to find group who might handle the sale of food.
d.
Survey Plans. The
survey plans for the station have finally been
finalized and delivered
to the appropriate authorities.
e.
Schooner model returned.
Garry and Jim carefully packaged the large schooner which has been
on display at the Lordly House for many years.
They the carefully drove the package to its owner in The Forties,
along with several quilt racks.
h.
Danny Haughn generously rented a truck and driver to move a variety
of items from the Rutherford house to Maple Cottage. Kate Dufresne and
Carol unpacked and stored the
items.
8.
Upcoming:
July 9
--
Auction; July
11-16 -- Drama
Camp from 9-1; August
7 – Opening of Lordly House from 4 -7 pm;
August 8 -12 – Star Camp and star party 9 -12;
August 20 House
and Harbour Tour 10:00 am
Hilary
moved adjournment Glenda
Redden, Secretary.
House
and Harbour Tour/ Classic
Boats and Cars – August 20, 2011
Randy
Stevens, Chester Yacht Club, and Jill
Keddy, Chester Merchants Group, met with the CMHS to discuss the plans for
the annual House and Harbour Tour and, new this year, the addition of
classic boats and cars.
Houses
--
Confirmed
·
Lordly
House
·
Maple
Cottage
·
Covecrest
-- Nancy Guest’s house, Marriott’s Cove
·
Gray
Gables – Jacqui &
·
Murray
Zinck’s corner of Pleasant
and Central
·
House
on Walker Cut ( to be contacted)
·
The
Zoe Valle Library
Boats
-
Randy to give Carol a list.
Tour will be in back harbour this year.
·
Need
licensed boats
·
Possibilities
-- Gates , Blandford;
Randy, Bud Eisner,
Darryl , Syd Dumaresq
--------------------------------------------
Classic
Boats and Cars -
Randy and Terry Bremner organizing this part of event – no
fees/prizes -- display
of classic boats and cars
·
CARS
-- Randy suggests getting street closed, e.g, Pleasant Street;
part of Duke others
streets connecting with Pleasant
·
Use
“police” cars to indicate
closure boundaries – perhaps cars from Haven series
·
Hoping
for 70-80 cars -- 1970s and
before
·
Drama
Society (
·
·
BOATS
– 25-30 sail boats (wooden, fibreglass) – prior to 1980s
·
Use
wharfs at Yacht Club, Ferry site, Rope Loft, Stevens
·
Bluenose
Championship will be held same week-end
·
Heritage
Cup, Chester Yacht Club --
non-spinnaker – classic boats race for this cup
·
Members
of Heritage Society invited to go for
a sail
·
Advertising
--
“Chester Salutes the Classics : Houses,
Boats, Cars” (possible heading)
·
Randy
-- To advertise on various websites, including Chamber website
·
In
future, advertise in Chester Merchants Group brochure
·
Encourage
people to come to “downtown”
·
Adv.
To all those involved in Chester Race Week
·
Usually
a special information on CR Week – could include information on August
20 House and Harbour Tour and
Classic Boat/Cars
·
Maybe
able to advertise on Canadian Tire website
of local events
·
Try
to get on Breakfast TV
·
Perhaps
Lighthouse Publishing might do articles
·
Take
press people out on boats
Other
* Fo’c’sle
Tavern will probably do 50s/ 60s music
March
1, 2011 –
The
regular meeting of the Society, held at the Chester Train Station, was
called to order by Chair Carol
Nauss, at 7:10 p.m.
Present: Carol
Nauss, Fran Underwood, Hilary McCarron , Danny
Hennigar, Marina
Davidson, Glenda Redden,
Jim Barkhouse,
Bobbi Harrington, Sandy Dumaresq.
Arrived later: Joyce
Hiltz, Mickey Lantz,
Garry Zwicker. Regrets:
Wayne Cameron.
Guest: Frank
Metzer.
1.
Minutes.
Moved by Jim, seconded
by Hilary, that the minutes of
the
February 1st , 2011, meeting be
approved. Carried.
2.
Treasurer’s Report.
3.
Business Arising from the
Minutes.
a.
Building Committee. (1)
Maple Cottage is almost
finished – floors are
completed, trim around doors
and windows painted, ramps and decks completed, gyproc completed
downstairs, washrooms and air
changers being installed. A
plaque for Rob Porter will be put in Maple Cottage to acknowledge his work
with this building. (2)
Lordly House – walls are plastered and primed, plaques for
windows and doors have been ordered, decks
being built. There is some exposure to the old walls on the second
floor.
b.
Fund-raising Committee. (1) Frank and Claudette
Sapp continue to work on pledges, both
unfulfilled and new. (2)
The “Key of ‘D’ “
evening was well received by those who attended (Inclement weather was a
factor in lower than hoped for attendance).
Approximately $ 1000 was raised by the sale of tickets on the
special guitar, which was won by Derrick MacEachern, New Minas.
(3) The Coldest Day
event raised over $5000 in profits; this will be divided between the
Chester Drama Society and the Heritage Society.
c.
Artists and Artisans Database. This
data base, developed by Media Fusion, is now up and running, and was
developed as one of the requirements for the ACOA grant.
It fulfills an economic component.
Those on the data base will be able to add/change the information
relating to their particular specialty.
New members can be added at any time.
d.
“Roof Off Winter”.
Attendance was lower than last year (30-40) but all had a good time
and all received prizes, some even two.
g.
h.
MICA. Syd
Dumaresq will make a presentation on Monday, March 7th, 7:30
pm, at St. Stephen’s Parish Hall on the work and progress by the
“Mahone Islands Conservation Association”.
4.
Correspondence.
Correspondence has been received from:
a.
The
Federal Government regarding a New Horizons Program for Seniors –
meeting in
b.
The Donnor Foundation
asking the Heritage Society to submit an application regarding an award;
c.
The
d.
The Association of Nova
Scotia Museums regarding a workshop in Yarmouth on March 24th
on “Interpretative Master Plan”, using NS’s new in-depth, adaptable
and inclusive interpretation tool. Also,
ANSM’s Spring Conference in
Tatamagouche, April 28th-30th;
e.
The Municipality …
f.
The New Ross Historical
Society regarding a special meeting to determine the future of the
Society;
g.
The Heritage Trust of
Nova Scotia, and inviting the Heritage Society to send a representative to
the Award Invitation in
5.
New Business.
a.
AGM,
Friday, April 15th, beginning at 5 pm.
Dr. Terry Punch will speak on Dr. Winthrop Bell, who spent his last
years living in Chester where he wrote most of his book: “The
Foreign Protestants “ and the Settlement of Nova Scotia .
A pot luck and the
actual meeting will follow
Terry’s presentation. Terry
has requested a lectern and
good lighting. Glenda will
prepare a small visual display about Dr.
Bell .
Annual reports will
be needed by April 5th: Minutes
of 2010 annual meeting (Glenda), President’s report (Carol),
Financial (Sandy) , Oak Island collection (Danny), and committee
reports: Building ( Jim), Fund
Raising (Carol ), Lordly Park (Marina), House & Harbour Tour ( Joyce),
Heritage Auction (Carol), Craft Sales (Hilary).
The Nominations Report (Micky) will be presented at the meeting.
b.
Colours
for Lordly House (LH) and
Maple Cottage (MC) Shingles. Following
discussion, it was decided to use a white stain, with green trim and doors
for LH, and white trim for MC.
c.
Program Planning. There
is now a need to start long term program planning for the use of the
various rooms in both the Lordly House and Maple Cottage.
Wayne, Fran, Marina and Hilary will form the initial committee, and
will examine the inventory of furniture, etc. as part of their work.
LH - One room will tell
the story of the house. The
parlour on the south side will house
“The American Connection”. There
may be a parlour for sitting and reading, and there will be a research
room. MC – basement for
storage; a wall suitable for photos and picture displays. What
should be where and when?
We need to think in
terms of a 10-15 year plan.
d.
Phone Numbers:
new - for train station – 275 2592;
Lordly House – same number as before.
e.
Costume
Storage. The
Chester Drama Society want to store their costumes upstairs in the train
station. The costumes would be on moveable racks.
The Society would make occasional
donations to the Heritage Society to help with heat, lights, etc.
Moved by Garry, seconded by
f.
g.
Turncoat Victory.
This would be a joint
Drama/Heritage societies project.
A discussion was held regarding the frequency of
holding the
re-enactment of the Turncoat Victory , especially given the number of
events that occur in the area each year.
Several suggestions were presented:
every second year; three
in ten years, e.g, 2013, 2016, 2019.
There is a need for a written proposal which includes a budget
(Fran, Sandy). Carol will
write a note to the Drama Society advising them what would be required.
5.
Upcoming Events.
* May
2nd. 7:30
PM, St. Stephen’s Parish Centre -–
Next
meeting . The
AGM will replace the regular April meeting.
The May meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 3rd, at the Train
Station.
Moved
by Bobbi that the meeting be
adjourned --- 8:40 pm.
Respectfully submitted, Glenda
Redden, Secretary
February
1, 2011 –
The
regular meeting of the Society, held at the Chester Train Station, was
called to order by Chair Carol
Nauss, at 7:10 p.m.
Present: Carol
Nauss, Sandy Dumaresq, Joyce
Hiltz, Mickey Lantz, Danny
Hennigar, Marina
Davidson, Glenda Redden,
Jim Barkhouse,
Bobbi Harrington. Regrets:
Fran Underwood, Hilary McCarron
Guest: Randy
Stevens
1.
Minutes.
Moved by Jim, seconded
by Joyce, that the minutes of the
January 4th, 2011, meeting be
approved with one correction. Carried.
2.
Treasurer’s Report.
Expenses
also to come include the following buildings:
Lordly House --
$267,400; Maple Cottage
-- $101,900; Train Station --
$8,536.
3.
Business Arising from the
Minutes.
a.
Building Committee.
The Lordly House (LH)
is progressing: most of the
widows are now in, [plaques being prepared for each donated window];
electrical work now in place; plastering is
been done and “Museum white” selected for painting. The bake oven will
not be replaced as it is not in keeping with the time frame being
illustrated by the restoration. The Hawbolt
water system [non-operable] will be installed upstairs.
Electrical and
plumbing being roughed in at Maple Cottage.
b.
Fund-raising Committee.(i) Contact
is being made with those who had previously pledged but have not fulfilled
their pledges. There is now greater interest in following through on these
pledges as people see progress being made on Lordly House. (ii)
Danny and Garry continue
to sell tickets for the guitar which will be drawn for at the “Key of
‘D’ “ evening. (iii)
The Chester Drama Society will be organizing “The Coldest Day”
for February 5th at the Foc’s’cle Tavern, with the income
to go to the LH Restoration.
c.
House & Harbour Tour. Guest
Randy Stevens, with the help of Carol, reviewed
possibilities and plans for the CMHS
House and Harbour Tour and the Classic Car and Boat components, all
to be held on Saturday, August 2ost.
The plans include: Heritage
Society will organize the H & H as in the past and sell tickets for
these events; Terry Bremner
and Randy will arrange for the activities involving the Classic cars and
Classic boats. The
Chester Chamber of Commerce is interested in and supportive of these
collective events. It is hoped
that the “downtown merchants” will participate with special
activities. A new
activity, currently being explored,
is the possibility of transportation, e.g., bus to transport people from
the train station to the various activity sites and that the
“downtown” be closed to general vehicular traffic.
d.
“The American Connection”.
Jeff Cowling has held several meetings regarding this project and
has begun interviews.
e.
Artists and Artisans Database. Kate,
the student hired for this project, is gathering information on a number
of artists and artisans.
30 people have responded to the initial contact.
The actual data base has been slow in being developed
but should be ready soon. The work is being done by Digital Fusion.
f.
Winter Scenes. Jim
has agreed to prepare a group of winter scene cards which can be used as a
fund raiser for the Society.
g.
h.
Facebook.
www.facebook.com/pages/Chester-Municipal-Heritage-Society/180126828677505
i.
“ Kids Camps”.
A Star Camp and party, similar to last summer’s camp, is being
planned for mid-August. There
is also the possibility of a “Kids Acting Camp”; this is being
explored.
4.
Correspondence.
a.
A letter has been received from the Lunenburg County Health Board
stating that the Society had been granted
part of the money requested.
This was an amount of $1000 for the liner
for the outdoor rink but it was not enough to replace the torn liner.
Elaine Collicut and her workers were able to repair the old liner
and install it for use this year.
b.
Anne Lambert and Tom Weldon wrote a letter to the van de Loos,
thanking them for their “gift to the village” and telling them how
much pleasure the playground brings to the children and themselves.
They also sent pictures. The van de Loos acknowledged the letter.
c.
Barbara Richman, in conversation with
Carol, suggested that the Chester Garden Club might be willing to take on
the task of landscaping around the Lordly House and Maple Cottage.
5.
New Business.
1.
Key of “D”.
This “kitchen
party” is in the final stages of planning; it will be held on Saturday,
February 26th, at
St. Stephen’s Parish Hall, 7-11:30 pm. A
number of musicians have
agreed to play, using the “Jam Session”
approach. Fran will
handle the silent auction;
2.
“Take the Roof Off Winter”. This
event is scheduled for Saturday, February 19th, 1 -3 pm at the
Park – activities and prizes, and
2 -4 pm at St.
Stephen’s Parish Hall – hot chocolate and marshmallows.
Various Society members have agreed to help.
3.
Nominating Committee. Joyce
and Mickey have agreed to form the Nominating Committee and have begun
their task. The slate of
Directors will be presented at the AGM on April 15th.
4.
AGM. Details
for the AGM will be presented at the March meeting.
5.
Upcoming Events.
*
March 7th 7:30
PM, St. Stephen’s Parish Centre -“Mahone Islands Conservation
Association” (MICA) --
Syd Dumaresq
*
April 15th --
Presentation and AGM (Beginning
5 pm) – Talk by Dr. Terry Punch on Dr. Winthrop Bell, followed by
supper (i.e., pot luck), and AGM at 7 pm.
* May
2nd. 7:30
PM, St. Stephen’s Parish Centre -–
Next
meeting . The
March meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 1st, at the Train
Station.
Moved
by Danny that the meeting be
adjourned --- 8:55 pm.
Respectfully submitted, Glenda
Redden, Secretary
January
4, 2011 –
The
regular meeting of the Society, held at the Chester Train Station, was
called to order by Chair Carol
Nauss, at 7:00 p.m.
Present: Carol
Nauss, Sandy Dumaresq, Alberta
Duffney, Joyce Hiltz, Danny Hennigar, Hilary McCarron, Marina
Davidson, Fran Underwood, Glenda Redden, Garry Zwicker, Jim Barkhouse
(part of meeting), Wayne
Cameron, Mickey Lantz.
1.
Minutes.
Moved by Danny, seconded
by Hilary, that the minutes of
November 2nd. 2010,
meeting be approved as
distributed. Carried.
2.
Treasurer’s Report.
3.
Business Arising from the
Minutes.
a.
Building Committee.
The Lordly House is now
insulated and work has begun on the shingling.
Work progressing well on this and on Maple Cottage.
The exterior of the latter will be all new.
b.
Fund-raising Committee.
c.
House & Harbour Tour. Nothing
to report. Joyce will contact
Randy Stevens.
d.
“The American Connection”.
Jeff Cowling has been hired through a Strategic Development
Initiatives grant and has
developed a design for a display for one of the Lordly House rooms.
This display will incorporate early American families to
e.
f.
Victorian Christmas Sales.
This sale was very successful and vendors were pleased with the
number of buyers who came to
make purchases. The
vendors are looking forward to next year.
g.
Signing Officers. Due
to heavier work commitments for 2011, Duncan McNeill, Vice-chair, has
submitted his resignation. That
will leave only three signing officers for bank transactions.
As a new slate of officers will be presented at the AGM in April,
it was decided that there would not be any change at this time.
h.
Station . Ceiling
tiles and lighting need to be fixed in the central room of the train
station. It was suggested that
drop lights be purchased as these would be good for display purposes as
well as lighting in general.
i.
Newsletter. Carol
has prepared a newsletter and this will go out by e-mail and mail within
the next week. It will also be
placed on the internet through Chesterbound.com/heritage.htm.
4.
Correspondence.
a.
Helena Scott ,
b.
Robert and Claudia
Kovarik, North Delta, BC sent
a collection of documents relating to
c.
Volunteer Week information received from the Municipality. Carol
suggested that a nomination
for volunteer recognition be made.
A new award will also be available this year – the
Intergenerational Award.
d.
Duncan McNeill’s letter of resignation received.
e.
Amendment to the Provincial Heritage Property Act
information received. This
amendment strengthens existing protections, and authorizes regulations
regarding criteria for individual membership to the [provincial] Advisory
Council.
f.
Rudy Haase
made a substantial donation to the Society in memory of Edward
Rutherford, and to help with the collection and display of the
5.
New Business.
1.
Key of “D”.
This “kitchen
party” be held on Saturday, February 26th,
at St. Stephen’s Parish Hall, 7-11:30 pm.
The musicians originally scheduled to play on October 23rd
at the Train Station will be invited to participate.
A new lottery license has been obtained and a liquor license
secured for the evening’s activities.
There will be music, snacks, draws, silent auction of five items:
Hawbolt wood carving, 250th
2.
Artists and Artisans Database.
A student has been hired to work on this searchable on-line
database. The database will
promote the work of local artists and artisans and also give the
public an opportunity to find a particular type of service.
This is a 10-week project.
The overall project will provide a place at the Train Station for
the sale of these products.
3.
Christmas Cards.
Jim Barkhouse will be asked if he would prepare a series of winter
scenes which could be used as a fund-raiser.
4.
5.
6.
Announcement re: Government
Grant. An
announcement will be made at St. Stephen’s Church on January 11 at 11 am
regarding a government grant.
Gerald Keddy, MP, Allen
Webber (Warden), and Sen. Dickson will be present.
Garry Zwicker will act as MC.
7.
Facebook. We
are asked to consider setting up a Facebook page as such would give CMHS
much greater exposure and therefore appeal.
8.
Memberships Due. Carol
reminded those present that memberships are now due.
9.
Thank you.
Thank you notes were sent to Dawn Harwood-Jones and Whit Giffin for
the Carol Sing and the donation of funds to the Heritage Society.
10.
Upcoming Events.
*
January 24th - 7:30
PM, St. Stephen’s Parish Centre - Up-date on the Lordly House and Maple
Cottage, current projects and
other up-coming activities.
*
January 26th. – Key of “D”
(See 5.1).
*
February 19th
--
“
Take the Roof Off Winter” in Lordly Park,
2 – 4 pm. Danny,
Jim, and Garry have offered to help.
*
March 7th 7:30
PM, St. Stephen’s Parish Centre -“Mahone Islands Conservation
Association” (MICA) --
Syd Dumaresq
*
April 15th --
Presentation and AGM (Beginning
5 pm) – Talk by Dr. Terry Punch on Dr. Winthrop Bell, followed by
supper (e.g., pot luck), and AGM at 7 pm.
* May
2nd. 7:30
PM, St. Stephen’s Parish Centre -– Oak Island – Danny Hennigar
Next
meeting . The
February meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 1st, at the
Train Station.
Moved
by
Respectfully
submitted, Glenda
Redden, Secretary
Chair
person’s Report for the year
2010 – 11
This
year has seen tremendous strides made toward the completion of Lordly
House and the smaller Municipal Building,
we call Maple Cottage. With
grants from local government, the Federal Government, and donations from
local business and citizens we have managed to see the project through to
completion. My thanks to Barry
Redmond, who over saw the work on Lordly House and whose
commitment to the project is commendable; to Jim Rafuse who
completed the work on Maple Cottage, a huge thank you.
His men worked through adverse weather, and well into the nights,
to ensure the project was completed on time.
My thanks to Robert Porter who oversaw the work at Maple Cottage,
spending many hours ensuring that things went along smoothly, and to Jim
Barkhouse who oversees the buildings and ensures things are repaired and
in working order.
Finishing touches and painting on the outside
of the buildings and
the grounds will be made when the weather permits.
The
entire board has been extremely busy this past year, and I appreciate
their support, without it, we would not have been able to accomplish such
an ambitious agenda.
Over the past year we have:
1.
Held our annual auction in July and with Wayne Cameron’s
assistance arranged to have articles included in the Braley Auction at the
rink later in the summer. This
was another fund raiser for the cause as was the reproduction of the 1784
Prescott map donated by Cynthia Walker.
2.
Sponsored a Star Camp for
children 7 – 12 years of age, to be repeated this summer
3.
Held the annual House and Harbour tour with many volunteers , thank
you so much for allowing us to show your homes and for being house
sitters, tour guides, boat operators, ticket sellers etc. etc.
Joyce Hiltz and Mickey Lantz are to be congratulated on a job well
done. This year we
will be joining
with the Yacht Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the Chester Drama
Society and the Antique Car
group to expand the offerings for this activity which is scheduled for
August 20th this year.
4.
Participated in Harvest Fest and with the Children’s Committee of
the Chester Volunteer Fire Dept.
5.
Held our annual Victorian Craft Sale at the station, a success this
year with the addition of period costumes for the vendors. Everyone
enjoyed the experience and we will certainly repeat it.
A thank you to Hilary McCarron who has taken over the planning for
this event and the artist/artisan’s gallery at the station.
6.
Worked with Dawn Harwood Jones to continue the video taped
interviews with seniors in the area, begun last year.
7.
Applied for and received funding from the Provincial Government to
hire a consultant, Jeff Cowling, to
help us develop a
display for Lordly House entitled, “The American Connection”.
8.
Developed , with Media
Fusion, a searchable web site
for showcasing the artists and artisans in the Municipality.
This is free to anyone within the Municipality or Tancook Island.
A display space at Lordly House for rotating displays will be
provided as well as retail space at the station gallery throughout the
summer. I invite you to
check the web site out at www.chesterartisans.ca.
9.
Received a grant from the Lunenburg Queens Community Access Society
to hire a student to oversee the CAP site and to assist in the research
and contacts necessary
to get the Artist/Artisan’s database
active on line.
10.
Continued to operate the CAP sites at the station and at Julien’s
Bakery. I want to thank them
for their contribution to this project with space and overseeing done
throughout the year. Once
again we hired a student to oversee this during the summer months and to
assist where needed. Without
this student we would not be able to accomplish many of the programs we
offered.
11.
Continued to present programs throughout the winter months for the
general public here at St. Stephen’s Parish Centre.
. I would like to
thank them for the use of the hall, it is greatly appreciated.
12.
The Key of D Music Revue, we hope, will become an annual event.
Special thanks to Danny Hennigar and Fran Underwood
who spearheaded this event
13.
We are currently developing an Oak Island Exhibit at the station,
Danny Hennigar reported on that project.
I would like to thank him and his committee for the work they have
done both physically and in
the planning process to make this happen.
We hope that this display, one being mounted by the Friends of Oak
Island at the Atlantica Oak Island Motel and Resort and another one on Oak
Island itself, will encourage
people to come and spend more time in our area.
14.
We are once again working with the Chester Art Centre and the Chester
Playhouse to advertise our summer Culture camps for children through the
schools and the area. This
combined advertising makes it more affordable for all of us.
15.
Plans are already in
place for a summer acting camp for children from
July 11 – 15th , a new addition.
16.
The Dept. of Education was looking at the school program we offer
to students at the grade 5, 6 level for inclusion in the schools, but the
cuts in education funding I am afraid put an end to that
possibility at the present time.
We will offer this program at Maple Cottage in the fall and spring
of each year.
17.
Beyond all of this we have continued to fund raise and are still in
need of raising another approximately $70.000.00 to repay money borrowed
to meet the grant monies
received from ACOA.
18.
Brad Armstrong continues to monitor our park and the wet land area
, clearing and pruning when needed , a huge commitment.
He , with Alan Bremner,
also oversee the Hawboldt display at the station.
This year we will be adding one of the cisterns used in the village
homes when Hawbolt’s supplied water to
areas in the village. Elaine
Collicutt and her team continue to keep the park and the station grounds
looking so great. They
also prepared the berm
for skating this year. It
is no small task. I would also
like to thank the Chester Volunteer Fire Department for their help in
providing water to flood the berm. We
will need to purchase a new liner for next year at a cost of $1900.00., to
date I have a grant to cover $1000.00 of this but still need to find
another $900.00 If this is
something that you are interested in supporting then please assist us
financially with this project.
19.
This year the long standing vice-chair
of the society, Duncan McNeill, resigned as an active member of the
board, although still there for assistance when needed.
We will miss his input and efforts as we move forward.
I would like to thank Duncan for his support and assistance to me,
as well as his work on the board over the past years.
I know that he is actively involved in other projects and I am sure
he will bring as much enthusiasm and dedication to those projects
as he did to the society.
20.
I cannot stress the debt we owe to
the fund raising committee who are and have been working to supply
the funds that are needed to complete Lordly House, Dudley and Jim Grove,
Elaine Solway, John Moore, John r McCurdy, Jim Barkhouse, Frank Metzger,
Claudette Sapp, Barbara Richman, Elaine Heisler and John Chandler.
Their on-going work has
made this possible, but we are
still in need of approximately $70,000.00 to repay the money we borrowed
to match the funding from ACOA. Your
support, is necessary to help us meet this commitment.
21.
I also want to personally thank Sandy Dumaresq for her work as
treasurer for the board.
This is no small task and it has multiplied as we assumed more and
more projects that had to be tracked and sorted.
She spends many hours preparing reports , paying bills, writing
receipts, and keeping me on track with
regard to funds available and whether it is possible to undertake newer
projects or add to ones already in process.
22.
Beyond that , I need to thank Barbara Richman who has donated her
time and energy to write and assist in writing grants applications for the
society. She is a words- smith
extraordinary and it is her ability in this regard that I am sure has made
us so successful in obtaining grants for our projects.
She has a broader view of what a museum
could or should be and this provides us with invaluable insight
into the planning and operation of the museum, often
heading us is a different direction than we had originally intended
to go.
As
you know we have received a number of grants from municipal,
federal and provincial governments. The
Donner Canadian
Foundation, and from local
businesses, in particular Chester Building Supplies, and Marvin Windows,
but in order for the museum continue to operate we need funds that cover
costs such as snow removal, grass cutting, electric and phone bills,
programs and taxes. Please
help us continue our work as we develop a truly municipal museum.
Your support is vital. Membership
fees, and your participation at fund-raising events,
help to ensure that we can meet our day to day
bills, for as you know they never go away.
In
closing I ask you to keep an eye out for announcements of openings
through out the summer for the Oak Island Display, Maple Cottage, and
Lordly House. We hope
you will join us as we
celebrate these milestones in Lordly Estate Municipal Museum’s on-going
history. Thank you.
Respectfully submitted,
Carol A. Nauss, Chair
Lordly
Park – Annual Report
Lordly Park is a busy place year-round. From early Spring to late Fall, the playground was often used. It was inspected regularly and everything was fine. Kids and teenagers playing games, family riding their bikes and people walking their dogs took advantage of the park. Several weddings took place last summer. The park was also used for the Easter egg hunt organized by the Children’s Committee of the Chester Volunteer Fire Department, for the Star camp and for the Take the Roof of Winter fun afternoon. The skating area was installed for the third year and was busy. The path created by the installation of the new well was the favorite sliding spot, – as a result the well had to be padded.
Mowing cost $4000, snow removal $1200.00. Next year we will need a new tarp for the skating area at a cost of $1900.00 of which we have a grant of $1000.00, the rest will have to be raised.. The only concern for the park is the recurring vandalism to the bandstand.
Respectfully submitted, Marina Davidson
Property Committee Annual Report
- April
2011
Members and friends of the CMHS, I am pleased to report at this meeting very much has been achieved by the society since we reported at last years AGM.
This has been an extremely busy year with many objectives of our business plan completed. This is the result of many people working together as volunteers for a worthy community cause led by our able and distinguished chair Carol Nauss.
The Train Station;
The building has been rewired and upgraded to current
code requirements, hot water heating has been put in the baggage portion
and soon to be Oak Island room for display and interpretation.
Refinishing, caulking, painting and entry way has been completed Lighting
has been improved inside and out. The exterior maintenance of grounds and
landscape here and
The Lordly House;
After a season wrapped in blue and orange tarps which came off last fall, the building has received new windows, frames ,doors ,porch, decking, shingles ,trim a complete exterior finish. Inside the walls new insulation was installed and with new wiring and electric heat throughout and then new plaster or gyproc as required to finish the interior with a museum white painted finish. Barry Redmond and team of tradesmen are to be congratulated on the high quality of work and commitment they have given in this project enduring our winter weather without delay. Chester Plumbing and Electrical Ltd led by Gary Collicutt did all of the electrical work, no plumbing existed in the building before and does not have this modern convenience! But we have lights and heat.
Maple Cottage;
The Maple Cottage is also completed from top to bottom from a new basement , framing ,roof, plumbing, electrical, electric heat, public accessible washroom, decks and veranda, and the original Chester Municipal Office with an original decorative tin ceiling! A well had been dug at the bottom of the hill to supply the water to the property. This project was done by a team of tradesmen with contractor Jim Rafuse, doing an exceptional job; contracting the plumbing and electrical to Chester Plumbing and Electrical Ltd led by Gary Collicutt. These teams also worked through the winter weather to complete the project in a timely manner.
Summary; All building materials were obtained from local sources along with trades people providing much work for local industry who we thank for helping us rebuild a part of Chester’s Heritage, and to the many generous supporters who helped raise and fund these projects along with major contributions of funds from the Chester Municipality grants , and federal ACOA grants, to help our community achieve the completion of this great symbol of our past.
Respectively submitted, Jim Barkhouse
Oak Island Display Committee Report
Committee members:
Danny Hennigar, Carol Nauss, Fran Underwood, Dave Stronach and Gary Zwicker.
The OI display committee was set up in 2010 with the expressed intention of creating a high quality and entertaining Oak Island display chronicling the historic and culturally significant treasure hunt that has been pursued at Oak Island since the late 18th century and into present day.
The display is being set up with assets donated to the Chester Municipal Heritage Society by the now defunct Oak Island Tourism Society (2001 - 2009) and materials on loan from the family of the late Robert Restall from Ontario. Although the display will be largely static, it is envisioned that the display will also allow for additions, short term displays and focus on stories that include the island and it’s significance within the Municipality and indeed throughout the world.
The display is currently under construction at the Train Station on Smith Road in the Village of Chester a building owned by the Chester Municipal Heritage Society. The room we are using is the former baggage room that at one time held freight in transhipment on the Halifax and SouthWest Railway line. I feel it is fitting that one cultural icon would bend to accommodate another.
The first thing that was done in the late fall of 2010 by the OI display committee was to completely re - wire the Train Station and bring it back up to a fully functioning building. We now have full and adequate power available throughout the entire Station, the water pump house and there is even power available outside with four GFI plugs. At the same time, hot water heat was made available in the room, the first time ever.
The next job was to weather proof the display room. We had the doors made tight, windows repaired, three new door sets installed, ceilings repaired and over 16 tubes of caulking were used to fight the cold winter winds. The Dutch door between the display room and the Artisans display room was made functioning again and a lever type door set was installed to facilitate easy access for people in wheelchairs.
The room has been completed painted from ceiling to floor and unique displays are being added with an anticipated opening for June of this year. An official opening will be held at a later date, hopefully July.
This Oak Island display will be unlike any other and boasts a full size diorama hand created on site by Chester area artist Vivian Bell - Zinck depicting the initial discoveries of 1795. A 4 foot by 8 foot ceiling panel painted and assembled by Lunenburg artist Linda Roe depicting one of Oak Island’s exciting theories will soon be in place. Many photographs that are rare, rare maps and an artifact found by treasure hunter Robert Restall, an example of the coconut fibre found at Oak Island and so much more will be on display.
Please do drop by and say hello, see our progress, have a yarn.
Respectfully submitted, Danny Hennigar
Victorian Christmas Show and Sale
The 2010 Victorian Christmas Show and Sale was a huge success. The show was open for 4 days in November and saw 200-250 visitors. Again this year, folks came from far and wide to browse and purchase crafts made by local crafts people. We had a total of 14 vendors including several that had not been in this show before. Several of the vendors as well as committee members were dressed in period costume. This was a huge hit among the vendors as well as visitors. Vendors seem pleased with the results and how the show was put together. Many expressed interest in returning in 2011. We have several possible new vendors that have shown interest in joining us during the 2011 show. Santa was another huge hit with the children that were there. Many had their pictures taken with Mr. And Mrs. Clause. We look forward to seeing you all again in 2011.
Respectfully submitted, Hilary McCarron
Annual General Meeting, April 15, 2011
Annual
General Meeting, April 9, 2010
The
Annual General Meeting of the Chester Municipal Heritage Society was held
the evening of April 9, 2010 at the St. Stephen’s Parish Centre,
Treasurer
Sandy Dumaresq presented key points in the report; the full printed
financial report was included in the package.
Moved by Carol Nauss, seconded by Gary Zwicker, that the report be
accepted. Carried.
Carol Nauss then highlighted various parts of her Chair’s
report. She thanked a number
of people for their committed
work to the Society and gave special thanks to Sandy Dumaresq (treasurer),
Syd Dumaresq (architect), Jim Barkhouse (variety of tasks), Fran Underwood
(program, Maple Cottage), and Barbara Richman (grants writer). Following
the call for approval of all reports, Gail Smith moved, Jim Barkhouse
seconded, that the 2009 annual
reports be approved as presented (
i.e., Building/Grounds, Lordly
Park, Victorian Christmas Show and Sale, 250th Anniversary, Chair’s
report). A verbal report on
Fund-raising was also given. Approved.
The
Fund-raising report indicated that there is approximately $11,000
available for the Lordly House at this time and that a number of
fund-raising activities are being planned and various grants being
pursued. Nothing further can
be done until there is more money. One
activity for Lordly House was the “selling” of 19 windows and two
doors. Currently, a
fund-raiser for this building includes the selling of “bundles of
shingles” at $20 per bundle.
It
was moved by Ted Cleather,
seconded by Gary Zwicker, that the signing officers for the year be the
Secretary, Treasurer, Chair and Vice-chair, and that the auditor for 2010
be Art Mattson. Approved.
The
meeting adjourned on motion by Danny Hennigar.
Refreshments followed.
Glenda
J. Redden, Secretary
Chester
Municipal Heritage Society
The
regular meeting of the Society, held at the Chester Municipal Council
Room, was called to order by Chair
Carol Nauss, at 7:05 p.m.
Present:, Carol Nauss, Glenda Redden, Mickey Lantz,
Bobby Harrington, Joanne MacInnis, Gail
Smith, Fran Underwood,
Marina Davidson, Joyce Hiltz,
Danny Hennigar, Sandy Dumaresq.
Guests:
Wayne Cameron,
Frank Metzger (briefly).
1.
Minutes.
One correction to
November 3rd minutes: Bunch,
not Suzie, Fraser. It was
moved by Fran, seconded by
Danny, that the minutes of
November 3rd be approved as
corrected, and those of December 8th as circulated.
Carrried.
2.
Additions to the Agenda. Gingerbread
House,
3.
Treasurer’s Report.
Sandy Dumaresq presented a very detailed financial
report for 2009, with some updates to January 31, 2010.
Although there is an excess of $134,805 for 2009, most of this
money is earmarked for the Lordly Estate project.
250th Anniversary expenses were $41,548.25 and income $33,568.83.
Total financial details attached to official minutes. Moved
by Sandy, seconded by Gail,
that the financial report be accepted as presented. Carried.
4.
Business arising from the
minutes.
a.
Building Committee.
14 of the 19 windows have been “sold”. Barry
will start to work on these soon. [As
of February 8th, all 19 windows have been sold.]
b.
Fund-raising
Committee. Frank
reported that he is working on pledges. Eileen Heisler and Jim Barkhouse
are working on corporate sponsors. Bank
of Nova Scotia has turned us down; it
appears that the Lordly Estate Restoration project is not supported by the
local branch. “Green”
seems to be the theme for Scotia Bank;
we need to find a “green” focus. We
are also looking into ACOA possibilities and are still waiting for
approval of the Legacy Grant [Canadian Heritage].
Pledges of $27,200.00
are outstanding for 2009;
$26,500.00 has been pledged for 2010.
c.
Programming.
Fran reported on meetings
with Sally Warren and Margrete Kristiansen , two educational consultants
who have been contracted for four months under the Strategic Initiatives
Development (SID) program of the provincial government.
One public meeting was held in
December to solicit ideas for stories we want told about the Municipality.
A second meeting, mainly
members of the CMHS’s Program Committee,
examined these ideas as organized by the consultants under themes,
and discussed ways of getting input from various organizations and
individuals throughout the Municipality.
A survey will then be sent out through e-mail and mail to the
Heritage Society’s mailing
list, asking for input. Among
suggestions for summer programs: an astronomy program for those ages 8 –
12, a trading game, study of
cemeteries, mapping activities.
d.
Ryan Cameron/Website. Even
though Ryan has secured a domain name for the Society, we are not ready to
proceed with new website work at this time. It was suggested that we wait
until Lordly House is ready.
e.
Basket
Making. Only
three people attended this December 14th presentation.
The presenter said he would do another presentation at a later date.
f.
Victorian Christmas
g.
Rental Policy for Station and Lordly House.
John
Chandler will be asked if he would write such a policy.
h.
Date for House
and Harbour Tour. Although
the fourth Saturday of August has been the usual date for this event, the
Arts Centre has asked if we would consider changing to one week earlier.
After a brief discussion, it was agreed that the H & H
Tour would be August 21st, the 3rd Saturday.
Wayne, Sally Warren, Margrete Kristiansen, and Bunch Fraser will
meet the Arts Centre people to co-ordinate plans in relation to the House
and Harbour Tour.
Correspondence
a.
OITS
Inventory. Danny
and Yvonne Hennigar have
compiled a detailed inventory of all Oak Island
Tourism Society items. Items
are currently in storage boxes
at Danny’s house.
b.
Dating
of Wood at Lordly House.
It was suggested that some of the wood in Lordly House be sent for
a dendrochronology study to a University
of New Brunswick. Sandy
will find out more information.
c.
Chairing a Meeting.
– A list of ways to chair a good meeting.
d. Website.
Letter from Ryan Cameron
indicating work which will need to be done to set up the website.
e.
f.
Volunteer Nomination.
Forms were received from the Municipality requesting a
nomination for volunteer recognition. It was agreed that Carol would be
nominated and one of our Board members will prepare the information.
Volunteer Week will be April 18-24.
p. 2
g.
Request from Chamber. The
Chamber has decided to pay the monthly rent for the winter months as
agreed to in the lease
New
Business
1.
Program for February
8th. “Back to
the Future and Lordly 2010”, at St. Stephen’s Parish Hall, 7:30 pm.
It is hoped that Gerald Keddy, MP for
2.
3.
Furnace at Station. As
a result of the continuous cold weather, there has been a major
problem with freezing of the fuel line to the furnace. Consequently, the
location of the fuel tank has been moved and changes made to rectify this
situation.
4.
Skating Rink.
A hole in the tarp, which caused leveling problems and water
retention, has been mended. We just need sufficient freezing
temperatures to create the ice.
“Take the Roof off Winter” will be held in the Park on
Saturday, February 20th.
5.
Maple Cottage. Fran
has agreed to be project manager for this work; a committee has been set
up to assist her. An
engineering study is needed but the Society first
needs to determine the various uses for the cottage.
We cannot restore it to its original type of building, but can
straighten, strengthen and stabilize the building, and replicate in
places. How authentic do we want
the building to be? Do
we dismantle the building, build a basement, re-construct the building?
Do we put the old “municipal office” into a new building?
Accessibility ramp and “handicapped” bathroom will be modern.
Fran will do a more complete write-up on all aspects of Maple
Cottage.
Suggestion: washroom
(at back, facing Lordly House),
“Municipal Office” (current location), and project room (all of
side facing down hill) on first floor;
workspace and storage on second floor.
There will also be a basement.
This is to accommodate year round use.
There are three
sources of funding: Accessibility
Grant (federal) -- $50,000,
Municipal grant $20,000, Legacy
Grant (federal) -- $170,000. Still
waiting to hear about the
latter.
6.
Accessibility
Grant. We will
receive the cheque for the Accessibility Grant by the middle of March
following the start date for the work of March 1, 2010.
7.
Presentation to Council . Carol
made a presentation to Council at their January 25th meeting,
giving a summary of last year’s 250th events and activities,
as well as financial and volunteer contributions, and an outline of
plans for 2010.
8.
Theme for
9. Gingerbread House. This is to be picked up from the Kiwi and taken to St. Stephen’s Parish Hall for display at the presentation on February
10.
11.
Hooked Rug. Yvonne
Hennigar has offered the Society a rug she hooked depicting
12.
February 8th Gathering – “Back to the Future”.
The community will be asked to join the Society at St. Stephen’s
Parish Hall on
Monday, February 8th to view a rough video copy of an
interviewing project between students and seniors in the community. This
projected was funded by a federal government
grant.
13.
Heritage Presentations.
On February 25th, former town planned Bill
Plaskett will make a presentation entitled “Lunenburg – The Little
Town That Could”. It will take place at the
14.
Helen Scott/Prints.
This lady , a Lordly, has offered the Society a number of small
prints from paintings she has done, and the Society is free to use these
in whatever way they wish, e.g., as note paper or as pictures for sale.
15.
Summer Use of Station. Gail
reported that the Art Group in
16.
Wood Plaques.
These are being completed and will be given to donors who have made
donations of over $500.
17.
Nominations Committee. Mickey
and Joyce have agreed to serve on the Nomination Committee.
18.
Important Dates. AGM
– Friday, April 9th or 23rd.
Heritage Auction – July 10.
Next
meeting – Tuesday,
March 2, 2010, 7 pm.
Municipality Council Room
Meeting
adjourned --- 9:50 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Glenda Redden,
Secretary
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June
1, 2010 –
The
regular meeting of the Society, held at the Chester Train Station, was
called to order by Chair Carol
Nauss, at 7:05 p.m.
Present: Carol Nauss, Glenda Redden, Mickey Lantz, Gary
Zwicker, Jim Barkhouse, Duncan
McNeill, Fran Underwood,
Joyce Hiltz, Danny
Hennigar, Hilary McCarron, Marina Davidson. Regrets:
Sandy Dumaresq. Guest:
Laurie MacNutt, new Society member.
1.
Minutes.
Moved by Mickey,
seconded by Jim, that
the minutes of May 4th be
approved as circulated.
Carried.
2.
Treasurer’s Report.
There was no Treasurer’s Report as Sandy Dumaresq
was out of the country.
3.
Business arising from the
minutes.
a.
Building Committee. Fran
unveiled Syd Dumaresq’s engineering
drawings for Maple Cottage; permit application now at Council.
The Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee will meet June 14th
to review the plans and make a decision on the heritage aspects of the
plans. Maple Cottage is
identified as a “rehabilitation for new use” project.
Jim Rafuse (
b.
Fund-raising.
No report from the committee. (1)
An additional $60 raised from the sale of
“shingles”. (2)
Laura Jean York is looking after the coin boxes in the stores.
(3) Items continue to
be assembled for the auctions – regular heritage auction and the special
one with Bill Brayley. (3)
It was suggested that tickets be sold on
c.
Program
.
(1)
Publicity flyer for the “Star Camp” will
be a joint project of the Heritage Society, the Arts Centre and the
Chester Playhouse. A Star
Party will be held at Graves Island and will be open to the public.
Washroom facilities need to be established for the camp – Babe’s
Cottage? portable toilet?
(2) Ads have been
placed to determine interest
in the “Trading Game” for October and May.
There was discussion regarding
the best way to transport the game
because of the weight of the total items.
Both Gary and Carol have dollies which might work.
a.
Lois MacLeod, former
resident of
b.
Grant money has been
received from the Legacy Grant (Canadian Heritage) for $88,750.
A request has been made for additional funding, given the
additional building changes..
i
c.
C@P site will be
employing one worker this summer. There
were 14,000 log-ins at the C@P site at Julien’s
last year.
d.
French Camp for
children ages 6 – 12 will be offered August 25-27 at the
New
Business
1.
Groups are welcome to use the station for a
farmer’s market as long
as they set up/ take down/ clean up.
2.
A grant has been received to hire a student for the summer
from the Lunenburg Queens Community
Access Society for the C@P site.
3.
Tickets will be sold on an Alberta Heisler painting
of the Whim.
This sailing boat was
built by Reuben Heisler and is being refurbished at Heisler’s Boat Yard
with the assistance of the NS Museum of the
4.
Auction Plans.
The Heritage
Auction and Flea Market will be held on Saturday, July 10th,
at the train
station, beginning at 9:30.
Other
Assignments:
Jim & Gary – pick up of items,
and tables from Legion; Mickey
& Joyce – appliances; Gail,
Fran, Hilary – flea market;
Marina – books, and
sound speakers; Carol
– extension table and letter for businesses authorizing pick-up;
Cindy, Sandy, Carol, Bobbi, Laura – record keeping and finances;
Fran – two tents for shade and protection.
Glenda – calling list for
5.
House & Harbour Tour.
Saturday, August 21st,
beginning at 10 am from train station.
Suggested houses/ buildings:
Zoe Valle Library, Cochrane
house on Freda’s Hill, Lynn
Rafuse’s house, John
McCurdy’s house, Susan
Fraser’s house. Janet Freda
working on this. Need to know
by mid-July. Glen
MacLeod not able to do brochure this year;
Laurie has offered her help.
Next
meeting – July
6th, Chester Train Station.
Moved
by
Respectfully submitted,
Glenda Redden,
Secretary
July
6, 2010 – Chester Train
Station
The
regular meeting of the Society, held at the Chester Train Station, was
called to order by Chair Carol
Nauss, at 7:00 p.m.
Present: Mickey Lantz, Gary
Zwicker, Jim Barkhouse, , Fran
Underwood, Joyce Hiltz,
Danny Hennigar, Hilary McCarron, Marina Davidson, Gail Smith, Bobbhi
Harrington.
Regrets:
Sandy Dumaresq, , Glenda
Redden, Duncan McNeill, Alberta Duffney.
1.
Minutes.
Moved by Fran,
seconded by Gail, that
the minutes of June 1st be
approved as amended.
Carried.
2.
Treasurer’s Report.
There was no Treasurer’s Report as Sandy Dumaresq
was not able to attend.
3.
Business arising from the
minutes.
a.
Building Committee. Fran
reported that Mr. Rafuse is
ready to begin work on the 16th.
We have received all the permits needed and have to wait to see if
there is an appeal regarding the easement.
If there are none than we will be ready to start.
Mr. Redmond is also ready to begin when we are ready.
Insurance is in place and the contract with the federal government
has been returned.
b.
Fund-raising.
The donation boxes have yielded $77.93 cents to date.
It was agreed that we need a sign for the sale of shingles for the
auction and that we will also be selling tickets on the piggy bank.
All items received for the auction need to have receipts written
for the donors before the Braley
auction on July 31st.
Wayne will give the appraisals to Sandy this week.
An original map
done by Jonathan Prescott of the village has been cleaned and mounted on
archival material. We can
use it as a funding source. Wayne
moved that we have a digital file made of the map
at a cost of $125.00, then reproduce the map from digital file and
sell it to raise money for the society.
The municipality can produce prints on heavy bond for approximately
$3-6 dollars and on linen in Halifax for approximately $65.00.
It was felt that we could sell
them for $20.00 each and the
linen ones for $265.00. Seconded
by Hilary. Carried.
Cabot Containers
will cover the cost of the production of the maps up to $2000.00.
It was also suggested we ask Tommy Turner if he might offer a deal
on people who would wish to have the maps framed.
Planning was
completed for the auction on Saturday.
Friday will be a work day beginning at 8:30. Gary delivered the
gift certificates that he had collected.
Program
.
There have been no
registrations for the star camp and only one for the French camp.
4.
Correspondence
a. Tides – rate for
transfers now 2%.
b. Members on the
Municipal Heritage Committee
c. Letter granting
variance from the municipality
d. Sally Warren re
display of the trading game to Dept. of Ed. Representative
e. Meta Soft Systems
re. purchase of use of database and grant writing assistance
5.
New Business
It was moved by Danny
that we do not enter into an agreement with MetaSoft Systems at the
present time. Seconded by
Marina. Carried.
Next
meeting – August
3rd, Chester Train Station.
Moved
by Fran that the meeting adjourn
--- 8:30 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Carol A. Nauss for Glenda
Redden, Secretary